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This listing contains all the analytical materials posted on the Russia Matters website. These include: RM Exclusives, commissioned by Russia Matters exclusively for this website; Recommended Reads, deemed particularly noteworthy by our editorial team; Partner Posts, originally published by our partners elsewhere; and Future Policy Leaders, pieces by promising young scholars and policy thinkers. Content can be filtered by genre and subject-specific criteria and is updated often. Gradually we will be adding older Recommended Reads and Partner Posts dating back as far as 2011.

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Russia and Collective Security: Why CSTO Is No Match for Warsaw Pact

Dmitry GorenburgMay 27, 2020
RM Exclusives

The CSTO is too organizationally weak and insufficiently integrated to serve as a capability multiplier for its members, and the weakness of other member states' military forces make them of limited value to Russia as military allies.

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Off the Page: How to Enlarge NATO

International SecurityJanuary 15, 2020
Partner Posts

Twenty-five years ago, supporters of a relatively swift conferral of full NATO membership to a narrow range of countries outmaneuvered proponents of a slower, phased conferral of limited membership to a wide range of states. How can the history of NATO enlargement help explain transatlantic politics, conflict in Ukraine and U.S.-Russia relations today?

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Alternative History: Would Russia in NATO and EU Be Game Changer in West’s Rivalry With China?

Simon SaradzhyanNovember 20, 2019
RM Exclusives

Quantitative measurements show that while Russia’s decision to align with the West rather than with China might not have been a game changer, it would have diminished the latter’s might vis-à-vis the West.

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Of Putin and Global Health: Friend or Foe?

Center for Strategic and International StudiesOctober 01, 2019
Partner Posts

In this special joint episode of Russian Roulette and Take as Directed, CSIS senior fellow Jeffrey Mankoff is joined by J. Stephen Morrison,and Judy Twigg to discuss Stephen and Judy’s recent report "Putin and Global Health: Friend or Foe?" which outlines their recommendations for expanding U.S. engagement to promote health security and counter Russian influence in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

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Competing Views on Russia

George Kennan on Russia: Insights and Recommendations

RM StaffAugust 21, 2019
RM Exclusives

From the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which will see its 80th anniversary this week, to the beginning of the 21st century, Kennan's views on America's Cold War rival went far beyond the "containment" policy for which he is perhaps best known.

U.S. Defense Secretary nominee Mark Esper often pairs Russia with China in his remarks, classifying both among America’s biggest security challenges. Now updated with statements from Esper's Senate confirmation hearing.

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Competing Views on Russia

Robert Legvold on Russia: Insights and Recommendations

RM StaffNovember 20, 2018
RM Exclusives

“The chances in … the next 10-15 years of a nuclear weapon being fired in anger are far greater now than they ever were during the Cold War.” This and more from one of America’s top Russia scholars.

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The Lessons of World War I Still Haunt Russia Today

Nikolas K. GvosdevNovember 10, 2018
Recommended Reads

The current Russian political and strategic establishment sees in World War I and the Revolution a cautionary tale of what the Russian leadership at the beginning of this century must do to avoid repeating those disasters.

Managing Hazardous Incidents in the Euro-Atlantic Area: A New Plan of Action

Dangerous military-military and military-civilian incidents involving ships or aircraft of Russia, NATO member states and third parties continue to pose a serious threat to Euro-Atlantic security. This new report offers the most comprehensive public study of the problem to date.